Clothes-wringer.



' No. 668,556. Patented Feb. l9, IQOI.

F. H. EDMONDS.

CLOTHES WRINGER.

(Application filed Sept. 21, 1899. Renewed J an. 3, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 668,556, dated February 19, 1901.

Application filed September 21, 1899. Renewed January 3, 1901. Serial No. 42,033. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it maycon'cern:

Be it known that I, FREDRICK H. EDMONDS,.

a citizen of the United States, residing at Ridgefield, in the county of Clarke and State of Washington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-wringers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to clothes-wringers, and more particularly to a simple, durable, and inexpensive means by which the wringer may be easily and quickly attached to and removed from the edge of the tub.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which shall be automatic in action and which will securely retain the wringer in position when applied -to the tub. 4

To this end the invention consists in cer-' tain features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a wringer embodying niyinvention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary View showing the device applied. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the locking device removed.

In the drawings the same reference cha racters indicate the same parts of the invention.

1 denotes the edge of the tub, and 2 denotes the wringer, the lowerends of the legs of which are forked to form members a and b and a vertical slot 0.

2 denotes an angular locking-lever, one being hinged to each leg and being provided with a grasping or clamping toe 3. The upper end of this lever when in normal position is arranged forward of the slot 0 and extends over and closely to the member a.

4 denotes a wedge the shank 5 of which has a sliding movement in the slot 0 and is con nected to the upper end of the lever 2 by a bell-crank lever 6, pivoted to the inner side of the wringer-leg. The ends of this bellcrank lever are pivoted to the wedge and the lever.

It is evident that when the wringer, with its forked legs, is slipped over the edge of the tub said edge will force the upper end of the leverinward, thus through the bell-crank connection raising the wedge and at the same time throwing its lower end or clamping-toe into engagement with the outside of the tub. The bell-crank lever is so arranged and connected with the wedge and the upper end of the lever that as the lever is moved inward by the tub edge the wedge will be moved correspondingly upward, so as to allow the upper end of the lever to move inward, while at the same time filling the space between the lever and the member I), to which it is pivoted, and thereby preventing the wabbling of the wringer when in use.

It will of course be understood that various changes in the form, proportion, and the n1inor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages 'of this invention.

Having thns'described the invention, what is claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

A wringer having forked lower ends, an angular lever pivoted to one of the fork members, and a wedge arranged between the said lever and the fork member to which it is pivoted, and a bell-crank lever connecting the upper end of the wedge with the upper end of said lever, whereby the movement of one will be imparted to the other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- FREDRIOK H. EDMONDS. Witnesses:

JOHN G. MACKEY, SAMUEL P. MAOKEY. 

